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What you choose also chooses you.Kamand Kojouri
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You have to be transparent so you no longer cast a shadow but instead let the light pass through you.Kamand Kojouri
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Happiness is exercising the little freedom that we have by choosing things that create harmony in our lives.Kamand Kojouri
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Ignorance might be bliss. But self-forgetfulness is pure ecstasy.Kamand Kojouri
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Love, they said, burns youand builds you. But with you, there’s no ash. Just light.Kamand Kojouri
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They want us to be afraid. They want us to be afraid of leaving our homes. They want us to barricade our doors and hide our children. Their aim is to make us fear life itself! They want us to hate. They want us to hate 'the other'. They want us to practice aggression and perfect antagonism. Their aim is to divide us all! They want us to be inhuman. They want us to throw out our kindness. They want us to bury our love and burn our hope. Their aim is to take all our light! They think their bricked walls will separate us. They think their damned bombs will defeat us. They are so ignorant they don’t understand that my soul and your soul are old friends. They are so ignorant they don’t understand that when they cut you I bleed. They are so ignorant they don’t understand that we will never be afraid, we will never hate and we will never be silent for life is ours! .Kamand Kojouri
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Here's another poem, like all others before and after, dedicated to you. There isn't anything left to be saidbut I will spend my lifetrying to put you into words. You who is every goodness, every optimismand hope. Your love is a better fate for methan anything I could wish for. If you are a part of me, then you’re the best part. And if you're separate from me, then you are my destination. But I’ve become a weary traveller, so please, let us never be apart. .Kamand Kojouri
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You only feel powerless because your fear has given your power to the object of your fear. Once you realise this, you can claim it back.Kamand Kojouri
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I would rather lie facedown on the ground and use my body as a bridge, than stand proud and tall and use my body as a wall.Kamand Kojouri
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We cannot hunt for love. We can only surrender and become love’s prey.Kamand Kojouri
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You might just find God in a mirror one day.Kamand Kojouri
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I see your painas clearly as I feel my own. I will share your burden so you feel it less. Do not hate this world. Do not hate these people. I will share my hopeso you feel it more. I want you to see our loveas clearly as I feel yours.Kamand Kojouri
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In the beginning was love, and love was with God, and love was God.Kamand Kojouri
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God begets love.Kamand Kojouri
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Why do you feel so powerless? Go spend an hour with ants. Each of those black specks you see is a life. One whole life that you can save, take, or affect in some way. You have the power to make so many lives better. It is within you. Don’t lose sight of that.Kamand Kojouri
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You want help? Ask for help. You want love? Ask for love. If you want anything from the universe, anything from yourself, you must first ask.Kamand Kojouri
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You must have hope in a better future and have faith in this hope. But then you must forget your hope and focus on this moment now.Kamand Kojouri
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It’s so easy to lose faith and become lost in all of the politics of the world. That’s why we need the arts. To sublimate our frustration and anger into something beautiful. Freud called sublimation a virtuous defence mechanism because it is in the arts that we can find our humanity.Kamand Kojouri
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Kiss your scars. Fall in love with them. They ought to serve as life-affirming reminders–a lingering trace of hope. The only reason we have these scars is because we survived and are still here.Kamand Kojouri
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I don’t know why everyoneis still trying to find out whether heaven and hell exist. Why do we need more evidence? They exist here on this very Earth.Heaven is standing atop Mount Qasiounoverlooking the Damascene sightswith the wind carrying Qabbani’sdulcet words all around you. And hell is only four hours away in Aleppo where children’s cries drown out the explosions of mortar bombsuntil they lose their voice, their families, and their limbs. Yes, hell certainly does existright now, at this moment, as I pen this poem. And all we’re doingto extinguish this hellfireis sighing, shrugging, liking, and sharing. Tell me: what exactly does that makeus? Are we any better than the gatekeepers of hell? .Kamand Kojouri
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O, weary angels, don’t look at me with those eyes. If that is your state then what of our cries? What can I tell you of goodness that you don’t already know? What can I tell you of faith, of hope and lovethat you yourselves bestow? O, angels, don’t pluck another feather, this isn’t the sky, it’s just the weather. Please, angels, try. We are one all together. Look up and listen, I’ll say it once and then put down my pen: We are sorry for our ignoranceand even though we are worldly, it might happen again. We are sorry for your wearinessand even though you aren’t worldly, we are no more than human.Kamand Kojouri
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Now is not the time for bigots and racists. No time for sexists and homophobes. Now, more than ever, is the time for ARTISTS. It’s time for us to rise above and to create. To show humanity. To spread hope. We must prevent society from destroying itself, from losing its way. Now is the time for love.Kamand Kojouri
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The only path wide enough for us all is love.Kamand Kojouri
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We live only for the hope of love.Kamand Kojouri
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Wake up. If your eyes are sleeping then wipe them gently. You need to be awake for this. It is a matter of life and death. Wake up! If your mind is sleeping then shake it quickly. You need to be awake for this. It is a matter of life and death. Wake up, I said! If your heart is sleeping then beat your chest! You need to be awake for life! You need to be awake for love! It is a matter of living and being alive.Kamand Kojouri
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I am looking for the one I can’t fool.Kamand Kojouri
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The thing about love is that you will never run out of it. It's an ever-flowing river. So go ahead and LOVE. What are you saving all this love for – death?Kamand Kojouri
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Why wait to forgive and let go only after you have sufficiently wallowed in your despair? Why not forgive and let go now?Kamand Kojouri
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May we always be burdened with thinking of the suffering of others, for that is what it means to be human.Kamand Kojouri
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I became an artist because I wanted to be an active participant in the conversation about art.Kamand Kojouri
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I cannot imagine how much I must’ve suffered in my previous lives to be fortunate enough to have parents like you in this life.Kamand Kojouri
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She might not have read many books. But when she reads a book, she swallows the very words. If you open the books on her shelves, you will find that the front and back covers encase white pages.Kamand Kojouri
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To begin to know ourselves we must have sincere conversations with ourselves as if with a good friend. We must answer without reserve, listen without judgement, and accept without condition. That is self-love.Kamand Kojouri
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Why are we afraid of the silence that ensues after our death? Wasn’t it the same silence we endured before birth? Isn’t it the same silence we revel in when we are completely immersed in the present moment? Let us not be afraid.Kamand Kojouri
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If you write then you are reborn because by writing about the moment, you can relive it for a second time.Kamand Kojouri
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Close your eyes. Meditate on your love. This is God.Kamand Kojouri
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He knows all my thoughts. He knows all I’ve ever done and He loves me all the same. What is our purpose, you ask. It is to love like God.Kamand Kojouri
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Writing poems is simply an excuse to remember You.Kamand Kojouri
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One sip of this wine and you will go mad with drunkenness. You will drop your masks and tear your clothes – destroying everything that separates you from the Lover. Once you taste the fruit of this vine, you will be kicked out of the city of yourself. You will forget the world. You will forget yourself. I tell you: you will become a madman who wanders the streets looking for the Lover once you drink this Wine of Love.Kamand Kojouri
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Having drunk the dregs of Your Love, I am intoxicated beyond recognition. Now, I only pray for the nearness of You so I may advance in my annihilation.Kamand Kojouri
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The lover drinksand the cup-bearer pours. The lover thinksbut the cup-bearer knows:love begets love. Since this wine is love, then this cup is love, then this tavern is love, then this life is love.Kamand Kojouri
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I am humbled by the grace of God.I am humbled by the beauty of this universe. Humbled by others' kindness. Humbled by life. I drop down to my knees and give thanks.Kamand Kojouri
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If you want to find God, then all you need to do is love.Kamand Kojouri
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Put down your stones. Why are you breaking the window when God has left the door wide open? If you are afraid, lover, follow me. I will guide the way.Kamand Kojouri
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It is not enough that you look for Him.You must hunt for God each and every dayas if your life depends on it. Because it does.Kamand Kojouri
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It is wonderful, this whole business of tickling and kissing God every night.Kamand Kojouri
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As soon as we are born we hide God in ourselves. We then spend our lives looking for Himwhen all along, He has been concealed behind the veil of 'I'.Kamand Kojouri
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How can you be a lover of loveand not be a lover of God?It is impossible.Kamand Kojouri
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Our daily prayer ought to be: Please universe, help me help myself and help me show others how to help themselves.Kamand Kojouri
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Do not be frightened, friend. Let us dance our way to God.Kamand Kojouri
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Your omnipresence is marvellous! I breathe and you enter me. I exhale and enter into you.Kamand Kojouri
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We don’t find Godin temples and cathedrals. We don’t find Himby standing on a prayer rug or sitting in a pew. God appears when welove someone other than ourselves. And we continue to feel His presence when we do good for others. Because God is not foundin mosques and synagogues. He resides in ourhearts.Kamand Kojouri
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When you are here, God is near.Kamand Kojouri
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Your love brought me closer to God.Kamand Kojouri
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A soulmate is a direct pathway to God.Kamand Kojouri
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God’s existence is reaffirmed once we fall in with another.Kamand Kojouri
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The best traveler is one without a camera.Kamand Kojouri
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Think the tree that bears nutrition:though the fruits are picked, the plant maintains fruition. So give all the love you have. Do not hold any in reserve. What is given is not lost; it shall return.Kamand Kojouri
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Sometimes, when inspiration runs dry, I drink classical music until my words spill out.Kamand Kojouri
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I spent all nightweaving a poem for you to wear. You look so beautifulwhen you wear my light.Kamand Kojouri
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Do not give them a candle to light the way, teach them how to make fire instead. That is the meaning of enlightenment.Kamand Kojouri
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I began to write because of love. I wrote to understand what I felt and what I knew.Kamand Kojouri
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I write to understand what I know.Kamand Kojouri
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An act of violence, no matter how small, can never be justified if it can be avoided.Kamand Kojouri
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Two things are needed to raise awareness: education and love. And these go hand in hand because we can be taught to love.Kamand Kojouri
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I wonderif you ever read my poemsand wish they were writtenfor you.Kamand Kojouri
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The first time I heard you laugh, I only wanted to say funny things so you would always be laughing. You know what happens to chocolate when you leave it out in the sun? I’m that unfortunate chocolate and you, you are the laughing sun. For this reason, I am offering myself to you not as a martyr or some selfless fool, but as a self-indulgent moth who actively pursues the light without much fear for the flame. The moth who revels in the heat and declares: Burn me. .Kamand Kojouri
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String theory makes sense to me because the universe is a symphony that creates harmony with the vibration of our strings.Kamand Kojouri
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Every book has to wait for the right time to be read and understood.Kamand Kojouri
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Poetry is jealous of you tonight, for as soon as I come to pen a few words, your perfume attacks me in the most civilised manner and I forget myself. I forget the poem. I forget the ...Kamand Kojouri
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I only wrote prose before I met you. My musings were superfluous and serious as well. But now the words dance with me. I sing with them and we create poetry.Kamand Kojouri
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If I had to choose between all the books in the world and you, then I would choose to read your body for the rest of my life.Kamand Kojouri
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You have no choice. You must leave your ego on the doorstep before you enter love.Kamand Kojouri
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This is a day of celebration! Today, we are divorcing the pastand marrying the present. Dance, and you will find Godin every room. Today, we are divorcing resentmentand marrying forgiveness. Sing, and God will find you in every tune. Today, we are divorcing indifferenceand marrying love. Drink, and play that tambourine against your thighs. We have so much celebrating to do!Kamand Kojouri
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You know how it goes:at some point in your life, you fell in love with someone and had a glimpse of God.Then you abandoned life and loverand started celebratingyour love for God.Kamand Kojouri
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Of course, I am religious. I worship love.Kamand Kojouri
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I see them and they see me but the lovers – we recognise one another: there is light in our eyes.Kamand Kojouri
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This is an ode to life. The anthem of the world. For as there are billionsof different stars thatmake up the skyso, too, are there billions of different humans thatmake up the Earth.Some shine brighter but all are made ofthe same cosmic dust. O the joy of beingin life with all these people! I speak of differencesbecause they are there. Like the different organsthat make up our bodies. Earth, itself, is one large body. Listen to how it howlswhen one human isin misery. When one kills another, the Earth feels the pang in itschest. When one orgasms, the Earth craves a cigarette. Look carefully, these animals are beauty spots that make the Earth’s face lovelier and more loveable. These oceans are the Earth’s limpid eyes. These trees, its hair. This is an ode to life. The anthem of the world. I will no longer speak of differences, for the similaritiesare larger. Look even closer. There may bedistances between our limbs butthere are no spaces betweenour hearts. We long to be one. We long to be in nature andto run wild with its wildlife. Let us celebrate life and living, for it is sacrilegious to be ungrateful. Let us play and be playful, for it is sacrilegiousto be serious. Let us celebrate imperfectionsand make existenceproud of us, for tomorrow isdeath, and this is an ode to life. The anthem of the world.Kamand Kojouri
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Forget your voice, sing! Forget your feet, dance! Forget your life, live! Forget yourself and be!Kamand Kojouri
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I long for the day when I hear the musicwithout any song.Kamand Kojouri
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This body is the house of God.Kamand Kojouri
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You have already lost if you are always fearful of losing everything.Kamand Kojouri
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My love, you are driving the entire world mad. The nightingales are committing suicide one by one out of jealousy of your voice. The roses took one glance at your beauty and folded themselves from shame. The trees now only whisper your name and the sky hasn’t stopped crying since you looked up. Have pity on us, my love. We have already broken all the mirrors and glass out of fear that you will forget us and fall in love with yourself once you see what we all cannot stop seeing.Kamand Kojouri
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Reading poetry is like undressing before a bath. You don't undress out of fear that your clothes will become wet. You undress because you want the water to touch you. You want to completely immerse yourself in the feeling of the water and to emerge anew.Kamand Kojouri
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When you get shy, you’re simply thinking of yourself. Stop it. Step out of yourself.Kamand Kojouri
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To live in love is my life’s purpose.Kamand Kojouri
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The more we surrender to what cannot be, the better we control what can be.Kamand Kojouri
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The only thing that prevents us from being happy is thinking.Kamand Kojouri
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The reason for the past is only revealed in the future.Kamand Kojouri
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You think I'm giving up. I'm not. I'm giving in.Kamand Kojouri
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I was so blessed. The first person I gave my heart to was an angel who plucked the feathers off his wings and built a nest for it.Kamand Kojouri
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I will speak of love until you go mad and join me in my mad worship of love.Kamand Kojouri
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Everywhere I go, your beauty spills into my day. The trees were never this verdant. The birdsong never this sweet.Kamand Kojouri
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I don’t mind losing in this game of love, if it means You will be the winner.Kamand Kojouri
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The greatest moments in our lives occur when we surrender: birth, love, and death.Kamand Kojouri
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Find me. Seduce me. I want to be in love with you.Kamand Kojouri
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May we always see life through love-coloured glasses.Kamand Kojouri
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Polish the mirror of your heart until it reflects every person's light.Kamand Kojouri
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You’ll only know the answers once you love.Kamand Kojouri
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If I can’t be your love, then let me be a simple brooch so I may rest a while against your chest. If I can’t be your love, then let me be a forgotten coin so I may rest a while against your thigh. If I can’t be your love, then let me be an unlit cigarette so I may rest a while in between your lips. If I can’t be your love, then let me at least remain in these words so I may rest a while in your thoughts. .Kamand Kojouri